Security Gets Tighter
Winter Olympics
The Tortoise and the Solar Plant
Random
100
Who is the president that is stepping up measures to keep the United States safe?
Barack Obama
100
Canada's two official languages are _______ and ________.
English & French
100
_________ endangered tortoises might put a stop to three proposed solar-power plants.
two dozen
100
Vancouver by the ________ Sea-to-sky Highway.
75-mile
200
On December 25, a _________ man traveled from the Netherlands to Detroit Michigan.
Nigerian
200
The 2010 Olympic Winter Games will take place in Vancouver and __________ from February 12-18.
Whistler
200
In what desert were the endangered tortoises in?
California's Mojave Desert
200
The power plants, using _______ mirrors.
400,000
300
The president met with his national-security team for nearly two hours on ____________
January 5
300
Athletes from more than ___ countries will compete in ___ medal events over 17 days.
80 & 86
300
The plants could power _________ homes.
142,000
300
The United States is the only country that has hosted the Winter Games ___ times, most recently in 2002, in __________.
4 & Salt Lake City, Utah
400
What is the definition of the word pose?
To raise or present (noun)
400
Athletes with __________ compete in Paralympics.
physical disabilities
400
Moving the reptiles or finding a new site to build on could cost as much as $________.
25 million
400
Most of the Winter Olympics will take place in _________, Canada's third-largest city.
Vancouver
500
Among them: improved screening, more security for airlines, _______, and ________.
More explosives detectors & deeper cooperation with other nations
500
Plans include a 13-day, $_______ party to celebrate _________.
3 million & Canadian culture
500
BrightSource Energy wants to build the plants on _________ of government-owned land.
six square miles
500
What is the 'no fly' list?
A list that prevents certain people and countries from entering the United States.